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This past week Learn 2 Fish With Us was featured on Discovery TV. Learn 2 Fish With Us participated in the Camp Seven 25th Kids Fishing Day which was held in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Check out the segment the first ten minutes. Learn 2 Fish With Us is featured at the five minute mark of the segment.

For the past three weeks Learn 2 Fish With Us and Angler Educator Greg Karch, hosted Fishing Camp during Camp Kimber Y, which was held at the YMCA located in Kimberly Wisconsin.  Over two hundred youth were educated during the three Fish Camps.

Monday, June 13th, Fishing Camp was held for the 4th graders and up.  Fishing Camp consisted of Greg presenting his Fishing Basics seminar which educates youth on skills needed to go fishing which include; fishing safety, fishing combo’s and how to cast with each, fishing presentations, how to tie a Palomar and Clinch knot, fish identification, artificial and live bait, parts of a fish and the AIS Message of Clean Drain Dry.  After the seminar each youth practiced casting and tying knots.  The youth were excited when they learned that they would receive a NPAA Future Pro Shirt.  Little did Greg know that most youth wanted Greg to sign their shirts.

Monday, June 20th, Fishing Camp was held for the second and third graders where Greg presented his Fishing Basics.  After the seminar, youth practiced casting and many of the them were more precise.  Each youth received a NPAA Future Pro shirt and they wanted Greg to sign them!!
Monday June 27th, Fishing Camp was held for kindergarten and first graders.  Greg was nervous as this would be the youngest group he hosted to date and would consist of fifty-seven youth.  Fish Camp went well, as Greg had the help from his coworkers, Julie and Vonda from Thrivent Financial.  Fish Camp was split into three stations.  First station consisted of Julie reading a story to the youth on a fishing.  The next station consisted of the youth fishing for a fish that they would then color to resemble a fresh water fish.  The final station included instructing the youth how to properly put on and wear a life jacket, how to cast and the different live bait Greg uses which included minnows, worms, leeches and artificial bait.  Each youth participated in each of the activities!!!   Each youth received a NPAA Future Pro shirt thanks to the National Professional Anglers Association.

On Saturday, June 11th was Michigan’s Free Fishing Weekend and National Fishing Week.  Learn 2 Fish With Us attended the 25th Kids Fishing Day which was held at Camp 7 located in the Upper Peninsula just north of Big Bay De Noc.  The youth experienced hands learning of different fishing skills while doing it in the beautiful Hiawatha National Forest.

Learn 2 Fish With Us was present providing casting instruction to the youth utilizing Shakespeare spin cast and spinning fishing combos along with Backyard Bass.  The Backyard Bass were a hit and many parents asked were they could pick them up.  Other activities during Kids Fishing Day was a trout fishing pond where the kids caught trout, Aquatic Invasive Species booth where they could learn more, Knot Tying station where they learned how to tie a Clinch knot, Casting Contest where they tried to hit the target and more!!!  Lunch was served during the event for the youth and at the end of the event each youth received a fishing combo or tackle box.  Two hundred and fifty kids attended the event along with another one hundred and twenty-five parents.    

So many groups had volunteers at the event such as the Bay De Noc Great Lake Sport Fishing Group, Us Forestry, Wildlife Unlimited and more!!! This event also had many sponsors!!!

On Saturday, June 4th was Wisconsin Free Fishing Weekend and Learn 2 Fish With Us was at High Cliff State Park hosting a fishing clinic.  The afternoon started of with Learn 2 Fish With Us Angler Educator Greg Karch hosting his Fishing Basics seminar at the Parks Nature Center.  The youth and families learned all the skills needed to fish with many getting to do hands on fishing skills. 

After the Fishing Basics seminar, it was time for the youth and families to go fishing where the fishing equipment was provided by Learn 2 Fish With Us and High Cliff State Park.  They fished in the Butterfly pond which was stocked with bluegills and bullheads tin May.  Many fish were caught and six youth caught their FIRST fish!!!

Once fishing was completed it was time to hand out the door prizes which consisted of Shakespeare fishing combo’s Plano and Berkley tackle boxes, Future Pro shirts, Triton Boats hats and more.  Thanks to The Reel Shot for providing the bait.

On Tuesday, May 24^th fourth and fifth graders interested in fishing attended the Learn 2 Fish With Us After School Fishing Program at Menominee Park in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.  This fishing program was scheduled for two evenings but due to the weather, the first day was cancelled.  So on the second day when the kids found out the weather would hold, they were excited as they were going to learn new fishing skills and go fishing.  Greg Karch, Karen Karch, Tim Euting, Tyler Nickel and Tim Winchester educated youth  on fishing through educational stations.  The first station was the AIS station, where the youth and parents learned about the different Aquatic Invasive Species and what they look like along with the different rules and laws.  The second station, youth learned and tied a Palomar and Clinch knot.  The third station, was fish identification, where they learned how to identify the different fish along with where they live in the lake and the bait they like best.  The fourth station, youth were introduced to the fishing combo they would receive for attending the After School Fishing Program.  The youth also learned how to properly hook a minnow, leech and worm on their fishing line.  The final station was casting instruction where the youths practiced casting by trying to catch Backyard Bass.  Tom and Tyler instructed the youth on how they could improve how they cast. 

Once the youth attended the five stations it was time for them to go fishing.  Each youth received a Shakespeare fishing combo for attending After School Fishing program thanks to NPAA and Learn 2 Fish With Us.  Fishing was tough due to the past weeks weather along with the lake fly hatch.   The youth and parents thanked Learn 2 Fish With Us and there volunteers for hosting the clinic and were excited to continue fishing though out the year!!!

Friday May 20th, Learn 2 Fish With Us educated the Webster Stanley seventh graders on the skills needed to fish through their Fishing Basics seminar.  The seventh graders were split into two groups so the group was not to large.  The first group of seventh graders attended the seminar where many of the them were able to participate in hands on training with Greg.  The youth then had time to ask Greg questions.  After their questions were answered, it was time for them too go fishing where they utilized Learn 2 Fish With Us fishing equipment.  Learn 2 Fish With Us had many volunteers to help the seventh graders fish as many of them were fishing for the first time.  While the first group was fishing the second group was attending the Fishing Basics seminar.  Once the Fishing Basics seminar was completed for the second group they went fishing.  Fishing was tough due too the weather we have experienced the last two weeks and due to the lake fly hatch but a couple of crappies and bluegills were caught.  The kids were excited when they found out they would receive a NPAA Future Pro shirt.

Learn 2 Fish With Us Anger Educators Greg and Karen Karch educated youth on casting during the Sturgeon Bay Bass Open Children’s part of the event.. The Sturgeon Bay Bass Open tournament was canceled for the day due to the small craft advisory. but that did not stop the families from coming to the tournament to learn more about fishing.  Greg and Karen worked with the youth on casting utilizing Backyard Bass.  Learn 2 Fish With Us also worked with the youth on the different bait they use to fish and the kids were excited that they could also touch the bait.   Sturgeon Bay Bass Open had many other fishing skill stations where the youth could win fishing combo’s, shirts and more. . A fun time was had by all.

Friday May 13th was not a scary Friday but a day where the third graders from Westside Elementary in Kimberly learned the Fishing Basics.  Certified Angler Educator Greg with Learn 2 Fish With Uscated the third graders on the Fishing Basics which included; safety while fishing, spin cast and spinning combos, casting, tie a Clinch and Palomar knot, bait, fish identification, parts of a fish and finally the AIS message of Clean Drain Dry.  Many of the youth got to do hands on activity during the clinic.  Thanks to the NPAA each youth received a Future Pro shirt.   One student came up to Greg and asked if he would sign their shirt.  Soon their was a line and Greg was getting writers cramp!!!

On Monday, May 9th, the Kids attending Kids Korner at the Appleton Scheels learned fishing skills through hands on!!!  They worked with Justin and Ryan who are Scheels pro-staff and Learn 2 Fish With Us Angler Educator Greg Karch.  Together they worked with the youth to tech them about parts of a fish, casting, tying the Clinch knot and the different bait.  After the educational part of the event each of the youth picked out beads and a spinner blase and with the help from Justin, Ryan and Greg they created their own crawler harness.  All the kids look forward to going fishing and using their crawler harness.

On May 7th, Learn 2 Fish With Us was at Kimberly YMCA Children’s Day during Wisconsin’s Opening Weekend of Fishing.  Most of the parents attending the event asked Greg why he was not fishing on opening weekend.  He replied, ‘I’m here so I can teach the youth on casting and other fishing skills’.  Learn 2 Fish With Us main attraction was Backyard Bass so they could teach one of the most important skills of casting.  So many kids learned how to cast today.  During the casting instruction, youth learned to look behind before casting and ten o’clock and two o’clock.  So many youth learned how to cast after the instruction.  Each youth received one of the following after casting; fish identification cards, Tru Turn Hooks or a Shakespeare casting plug.

Learn 2 Fish With Us also had a fishing display setup where they taught youth how to tie knots. They also had a live bait display which included different types of minnows, leeches and worms.  The youth got to play with the bait.  The fishing display also had a fish identification poster along with a Clean Drain Dry poster.